ANNEX IVConformity assessment procedures
PART IIDESCRIPTION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
MODULE C – CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON INTERNAL PRODUCTION CONTROL
1.Description of the module
Conformity to type based on internal production control is the part of a conformity assessment procedure whereby the manufacturer fulfils the obligations laid down in points 2 and 3, and ensures and declares on his or her sole responsibility that the EU fertilising products concerned are in conformity with the type described in the EU-type examination certificate and satisfy the requirements of this Regulation that apply to them.
2.Manufacturing
The manufacturer shall take all measures necessary so that the manufacturing process and its monitoring ensure conformity of the manufactured EU fertilising products with the approved type described in the EU-type examination certificate and with the requirements of this Regulation that apply to them.
3.CE marking and EU declaration of conformity
3.1
The manufacturer shall affix the CE marking to each individual packaging of the EU fertilising product that is in conformity with the type described in the EU-type examination certificate and satisfies the applicable requirements of this Regulation or, where it is supplied without packaging, in a document accompanying the EU fertilising product.
3.2
The manufacturer shall draw up a written EU declaration of conformity for an EU fertilising product type and keep it together with the technical documentation at the disposal of the national authorities for 5 years after the EU fertilising product has been placed on the market. The EU declaration of conformity shall identify the EU fertilising product type for which it has been drawn up.
3.3.
A copy of the EU declaration of conformity shall be made available to the relevant authorities upon request.
4.Authorised representative
The manufacturer’s obligations set out in point 3 may be fulfilled by his or her authorised representative, on his or her behalf and under his or her responsibility, provided that they are specified in the mandate.